A Unified Einstein-Yukawa Theory
Author(s) -
George L. Murphy
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.58.1622
Subject(s) - physics , yukawa potential , gravitation , einstein , classical mechanics , scalar (mathematics) , theoretical physics , gravitational field , parameterized post newtonian formalism , classical field theory , scalar field , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics , geometry , mathematics
Following Schrodinger's hint that the charge independence of nuclear forces is analogous to the mass-independence of the gravitational interaction required by the equivalence principle, we construct a non-Riemannian geometry in which the worldlines of particles moving in combined gravitational and scalar meson fields are the paths of space-time. A geometric Lagrangian which yields the coupled Einstein-Yukawa equations is given. A characteristic "order of magnitude" difficulty of geometric unified field theories can be examined here in closed form.
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